Re: [CR]Vintage Halloween Swag

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage Halloween Swag
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:22:11 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Brett Horton wrote:
> In a matter of hours, kids here in the U.S. will begin running
> around the neighborhood in a frenzy to shake down all their
> neighbors for candy. Spiderman? A Vampire? How about a monster?
> Forget it. Take a page from Europe about 25-30 years ago. Send them
> out as Eddy Merckx or Bernard Hinault!
>
> I dredged up these masks when I was cleaning out my storage locker
> in Paris this past week. Great stuff.
>
> http://thehortoncollection.com/halloween.htm

Ha, Ha!!! The Bernard Hinault mask looks to me like Regis Philbin in a cycling cap!

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California
United States of America
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)